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Data Commentary Vocabulary Cheat Sheet
Suggested Vocabulary: ● Increase/ Decrease ● Apex/ Peak ● Lowest point/ Nadir ● Plummet ● Stagnate ● Rise/ Fall ● Gap ● Trend ● Flatline ● Simultaneous ● Abate ● Aberrant Comparatives & Superlatives: ● More than ● Less than ● Add -er endings ● Larger/smaller than ● Stronger/weaker than ● Better/worse ● The most ● The least ● Add -est endings ● The largest/the smallest ● The strongest/the weakest ● The best/the worst
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Hedging Language Phrases for Establishing Why Your Claims Matter ● Ultimately, what is at stake here is______________. ● These findings have important consequences for the broader domain of______________. ● My discussion of X is in fact addressing the larger matter of ______________. ● This discovery will have significant applications in_______ as well as in ________________. Introductory verbs seem, tend, look like, appear to be, think, believe, doubt, be sure, indicate, suggest Certain lexical verbs believe, assume, suggest Certain modal verbs will, must, would, may, might, could Adverbs of frequency often, sometimes, usually Modal adverbs certainly, definitely, clearly, probably, possibly, perhaps Modal nouns Assumption, possibility, probability That clauses It could be the case that…, It might be suggested that…, There is hope that... To-clause + adjective It may be possible to obtain…, It is important to develop…, It is useful to study...
